This Time Will Be Different

Katsuyamas never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start. She’s never lived up to her mom’s type A ambition, and she’s perfectly happy just helping her aunt, Hannah, at their family’s flower shop.

She doesn’t buy into Hannah’s romantic ideas about flowers and their hidden meanings, but when it comes to arranging the perfect bouquet, CJ discovers a knack she never knew she had. A skill she might even be proud of.

Then her mom decides to sell the shop—to the family who swindled CJ’s grandparents when thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps during WWII. Soon a rift threatens to splinter CJ’s family, friends, and their entire Northern California community; and for the first time, CJ has found something she wants to fight for.

Katsuyamas nu a renuntat niciodata - dar CJ, in varsta de saptesprezece ani, nici macar nu stie de unde sa inceapa. Nu a trait niciodata la inaltimea ambitiei de tip A a mamei sale si este perfect fericita doar ajutandu-i matusa, Hannah, la floraria familiei lor. buchetul perfect, CJ descopera un talent pe care nu stia niciodata ca il are.